Busta Rhymes is another hip-hop legend with an extremely unique delivery with a thunderous voice and extremely animated style of wordplay. Busta Rhymes arrived on the scene as an unofficial member of the legendary Tribe Called Quest rap group. During his earlier years, he was known for his extremely fast style of spitting rhymes and freestyling which gained a lot of attention in his local hometown of Brooklyn, New York.
His debut album, The Coming, released in 1996 and since then he's released a ton of radio and mainstream hits including, 'Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check', 'Dangerous', 'Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See', and a ton more. Matter of fact, the New York rapper has been nominated for a total of eleven Grammys and to this very day finds a way to remain relevant in the hip-hop community with his support of upcoming hip-hop acts.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.